Egypt
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- Paintings Retrieved
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- Project For Saving Egypt Capital's Monuments In The Middle Pharaonic Kingdom
State Information Service The Supreme Council of Antiquities will finish during the coming period a project for developing "El-lesht" monuments, Middle Kingdom's capital including features of its history. The history of El-lesht remains a mystery...
Egypt
Rare paintings found in El Ayiat
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Antiquities inspectors found five rare antique paintings emblazoned with graphics of Pharonic life and inscribed with the ancient Egyptian language in the El Lesht village in El Ayiat today. The inspectors coordinated with the antiquities police and transferred the paintings to one of the antiquities museums in Egypt.
General Major Abdeen Youssef, head of security in Giza, received notification from 28-year-old Ahmed Awad, the antiquities inspector living in the El Atf village in El Ayiat, informing the General that he discovered the five paintings during a walk through El Lesht village.
- Plundered' Ancient Egyptian Coffin Covers Found In Jerusalem Shop
Scientific American (Jeanna Bryner) With photo of an unusual painted coffin (click on the image to see the full coffin) Two decorated covers of coffins that once contained mummies have been seized by Israeli authorities, authenticated and dated to thousands...
- Updates From Dr Hawass On Sites And Museums
drhawass.com (Zahi Hawass) Here's an exerpt but see the above page to see reports on museum restorations and more about Qantara East where 800 items haev been stolen (mostly, according to Hawass, pottery). At Lischt, a famous site containing the...
- Sewage Workers Find 3 Pharaonic Coffins
Al Masry Al Youm Thanks to Tim Reid's Egyptians blog for the link to this page. Workers in Abu Yasseen village in Sharqiya Governorate found three pharaonic coffins and other artefacts while digging as part of a sewage project in the village. Eye...
- Paintings Retrieved
Egypt Daily Star News Nine antique paintings that were stolen earlier this month were retrieved by police officials after they were tipped off by an “anonymous” phone call, an official statement released by the Ministry of Culture said on Thursday....
- Project For Saving Egypt Capital's Monuments In The Middle Pharaonic Kingdom
State Information Service The Supreme Council of Antiquities will finish during the coming period a project for developing "El-lesht" monuments, Middle Kingdom's capital including features of its history. The history of El-lesht remains a mystery...